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MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT
In June the Council decided to adopt Part XII of the Middlesex
County Council Act, 1944, which relates to the licensing of shops for
massage and special treatment. This section was brought into operation
in Hornsey on 1st October and on and after that date any premises in
the Borough used or represented as being used or intended to be used
for the reception or treatment of persons requiring massage or special
treatment must be licensed. The treatments are defined as
(a) massage manicure or chiropody; or
(b) electric treatment or radiant heat light electric vapour or other
baths for therapeutic treatment; or
(c) other similar treatment;
Licences expire on the 31st March following the date of granting or
renewal. The local authority is entitled to refuse to grant or renew a
licence for several stated reasons and is empowered to authorise any
officer to enter the premises specified in the licence, to inspect such
premises and the records kept in connection with the work carried on
under Part XII of the Act.
Registered medical practitioners giving treatment which comes under
this Part of the Act are exempted from all of the provisions of the Act
on submission of a certificate signed by two other registered medical
practioners and registered members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
are exempted from the need to obtain a licence on submission
of a certificate signed by two registered medical practitioners. This
certificate which must be in the form approved by the local authority
expires on 31st January next following the date of the certificate and is
renewed annually.
Premises occupied by chartered physiotherapists are subject to
inspection but no person other than a registered medical practitioner is
entitled to inspect such premises or the records kept in connection with
such establishments.
Following is a summary of the premises which have been licenced
under the Act :—
Massage 6
Chiropody 14
Electrical treatment 5
Other similar treatment 3
Three members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy were
granted certificates of exemption from obtaining a licence.
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